The murder of George Floyd last spring provoked an unprecedented outpouring of protests, and a rare national reckoning with both racism and police
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Responding to recent shootings, Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown declared that “violent felons” need to “stay in jail longer.” If he means that
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In the spring of 2019, through the Northwestern Prison Education Program, playwright and Goodman Artistic Associate, Rebecca Gilman, taught playwriting at the Stateville
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The Minneapolis City Council on Friday unanimously approved a proposal to change the city charter to allow the police department to be dismantled,
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Activists and family members of people incarcerated in Vienna Correctional Center are calling on the Illinois Department of Public Health to shut down
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